Cluster System Engineer Group (CSEG)

The Cluster System Engineer Group (CSEG) consists of the Cluster System Engineers of all Clusters in the Organization . At the organizational level, it corresponds to the role of the Working Team at the team level.

Together with the Portfolio Architect , the Cluster System Engineer Group is responsible for the Technology and Architecture side of the product development process at the organizational and portfolio level .

Together with the Portfolio Architect , the Cluster System Engineer Group has the following tasks:

Creation and maintenance of common architectures within the system Portfolio for the entire Organization
Create the organization’s architecture roadmap
Analysis and estimation of Portfolio Backlog Items and Systems, especially those that are developed across Clusters
Creation of technical and architecture-relevant work packages from Systems, Applications & Features
Executing the Portfolio Backlog Refinements and supporting the Cluster Backlog Refinements
With the Clusters within the organization: coordination, definition and support for …
- Design decisions
- Test automation and test management
- Versioning and release process
- integration
- Defect management
- Security
- common standards for engineering tools, data storage, documentation, common models, release notes)
Coordination of architectural changes of the teams within the different Clusters
- conflict management
- Defense and “keeping clean” of the architecture

To work effectively, the group should maintain its own Improvement Backlog, conduct regular Syncs for coordination, as well as regular Retrospectives on its own working methods and processes.